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Image Search Client

Image Search Client

Bing Image Search runs image search over Bing's web-wide image index — by keyword, similar image, aspect ratio, or size filter.

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Use it when

Coverage broader than any single stock library

Watch for

Sunsets 2025-08-11

First check

Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/images/search?q=...&license=Public for keyword search; POST same endpoint with multipart body for image-similarity search.

Auth
CORS
No
HTTPS
Yes
Signup
?
Latency
93 ms
Protocol
REST
Pricing

Uptime · 30-day window

Probes: 1Uptime: 100%Avg latency: 93ms
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About this API

Image Search is the image counterpart of Bing Search, indexing publicly accessible images across the open web (not stock-library-only, but includes Pexels/Unsplash indexes). Differentiated by two capabilities: commercial-use license filter (search only commercially usable images), and reverse image-similarity search (POST an image to find similar ones — quality is solid). Sunsets 2025-08-11 with the Bing Search family. Alternatives: Google Custom Search Image API (still available), Pexels/Unsplash official APIs (stock-only but copyright-clear), or self-hosted CLIP-based image search.

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What you can build

  • 1Find blog illustrations (filter by license)
  • 2Reverse image search by image
  • 3Visual asset discovery
  • 4Visual data augmentation for NLP tasks
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Strengths & limitations

Strengths

  • Coverage broader than any single stock library
  • Filter by commercial-use license
  • Precise filters by aspect ratio, size, dominant color

Limitations

  • Sunsets 2025-08-11
  • Does not return per-image copyright details — only license type
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Example request

Generic template — replace <endpoint> with the real path from the docs.
curl https://microsoft.com/<endpoint>
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Getting started

Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/images/search?q=...&license=Public for keyword search; POST same endpoint with multipart body for image-similarity search.

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FAQ

How reliable is the commercial-license filter?+

Based on source site declarations. Bing detects best-effort, but final copyright confirmation is your responsibility.

Can I download the actual image?+

API returns contentUrl (original URL); downloading is on you. Respect the source site's robots and copyright.

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Technical details

CORS: NoHTTPS: YesSignup: ?Open source: No
Auth type
unknown
Pricing
unknown
Protocols
REST
SDKs
python, javascript, csharp, java, go
Response time
93 ms
Last health check
5/12/2026, 7:37:52 AM
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